I know, I know. I’m a day off. I decided to hold off on the workouts for a few days in the hopes that my muscles might relax and quit making me want to die. I ran last Saturday but didn’t do any aerobic or strength training at all until today.
Yesterday I dragged my ass out of bed bright and early and took my mom swimming. I wasn’t in the mood and really didn’t want to, but I figured the warm water (of the smaller pool where the elderly folk do their water aerobics) would be good for my muscles. Turns out I couldn’t even do the breast stroke. Excruciating pain in my ribs and back. So I basically just walked the laps back and forth and moved my arms around in the water. 45 minutes later, the pain was still present, though it had lessened a good deal. On the plus side, the cute lifeguard guy was out back power washing the patio furniture, so I at least had something interesting to watch while I “swam.”
After swimming, I soaked for 15 minutes in the hot tub with one of the jets aimed at my sore spots.
This morning was the first time in almost a month that I woke up pain-free. I can take a deep breath without doubling over in pain. Guess I did something right.
So today I did my 20 minutes of aerobics and Tony Little’s lower body workout, then headed over to my sister’s. We had planned on going to the gym, but I ended up just running around the block. It was around 47° out there, mostly sunny and very windy. Recovery was quick and the runs weren’t too bad. Had a bit of a hiccup when I went to turn my iPod down and accidentally messed up the podcast. I couldn’t remember which run I was on, so long story short, I ended up running an extra interval. The only reason I know is because I’m usually done with the sixth run right before I get to my sister’s street. This time I ended up going straight and then turning around when the sixth run was over, turning left and walking back to my sister’s house for the cool down.
When I got back to Sis’s house, I went into the office to talk to her while I stretched and then badgered her into taking the dogs for a walk. So I got lots of outdoorsy exercise today. As I type this, I am very pleasantly sleepy. Tomorrow I will do my aerobics again and see how I feel about my upper body/ab workout. I’m trying to be vigilant about taking ibuprofen every eight hours, and I think that has helped out a lot. But if I feel twingy tomorrow, I won’t push it. I’ll just take Tank for a walk down the mountain instead.
So there we go! I’ll run again on Friday and Sunday. Looks like rain for Friday but it’s going to be pushing 60° so no biggie.
Food-wise, I had a smoothie with ground flax seeds for breakfast, a Tofu Pup and a huge salad for lunch and for dinner I'm trying out some soup with these Soy Curls. Never had 'em before. Hope they're good.
Yesterday I dragged my ass out of bed bright and early and took my mom swimming. I wasn’t in the mood and really didn’t want to, but I figured the warm water (of the smaller pool where the elderly folk do their water aerobics) would be good for my muscles. Turns out I couldn’t even do the breast stroke. Excruciating pain in my ribs and back. So I basically just walked the laps back and forth and moved my arms around in the water. 45 minutes later, the pain was still present, though it had lessened a good deal. On the plus side, the cute lifeguard guy was out back power washing the patio furniture, so I at least had something interesting to watch while I “swam.”
After swimming, I soaked for 15 minutes in the hot tub with one of the jets aimed at my sore spots.
This morning was the first time in almost a month that I woke up pain-free. I can take a deep breath without doubling over in pain. Guess I did something right.
So today I did my 20 minutes of aerobics and Tony Little’s lower body workout, then headed over to my sister’s. We had planned on going to the gym, but I ended up just running around the block. It was around 47° out there, mostly sunny and very windy. Recovery was quick and the runs weren’t too bad. Had a bit of a hiccup when I went to turn my iPod down and accidentally messed up the podcast. I couldn’t remember which run I was on, so long story short, I ended up running an extra interval. The only reason I know is because I’m usually done with the sixth run right before I get to my sister’s street. This time I ended up going straight and then turning around when the sixth run was over, turning left and walking back to my sister’s house for the cool down.
When I got back to Sis’s house, I went into the office to talk to her while I stretched and then badgered her into taking the dogs for a walk. So I got lots of outdoorsy exercise today. As I type this, I am very pleasantly sleepy. Tomorrow I will do my aerobics again and see how I feel about my upper body/ab workout. I’m trying to be vigilant about taking ibuprofen every eight hours, and I think that has helped out a lot. But if I feel twingy tomorrow, I won’t push it. I’ll just take Tank for a walk down the mountain instead.
So there we go! I’ll run again on Friday and Sunday. Looks like rain for Friday but it’s going to be pushing 60° so no biggie.
Food-wise, I had a smoothie with ground flax seeds for breakfast, a Tofu Pup and a huge salad for lunch and for dinner I'm trying out some soup with these Soy Curls. Never had 'em before. Hope they're good.
Before I go, here are some pictures to brighten up your horrible, boring lives. (Sarcasm! <3)
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